The council told the Post: "Currently the machines in our multi story car parks and those on street are accepting both old and new £1. From October 16 onwards round pounds will no longer be accepted by the machines."

The one pound coin in circulation from 1983 to 2017. (Image: Royal Mint)

Parking meters (on-street pay and display)

Parking meters are overseen by the city council or, in the county area, by district and borough councils.

The city council position is outlined above.

Gedling Borough Council said: "The old coins will be rejected at the car parks if an old £1 coin is used."

And Broxtowe Borough Council said: "In terms of parking meters, all of ours are being re-programmed not to accept the old £1 coin and we’ll be putting a sticker on the machine to inform people.

"If you put an old coin in, it will go straight through to the reject slot so they can retrieve it."

Shopping

Poundland will continue accepting the old £1 coins to provide a "useful community service" to shoppers. The store will keep accepting the coins until October 31.

A Tesco spokesperson said: "We've been updating our systems ready for the new pound coins, but to help customers who still have the old coins, we’ll continue to accept round pounds at our tills and self-service machines for an additional week."

A Sainsbury's spokesman said: "Customers can continue to use their old £1 coins in store until they are no longer legal tender."

Leisure centre lockers

Leisure centres are either operated by city/district/borough councils, or by separate organisations.

At Gedling Borough Council, for example, only tokens are used for the lockers - so there will be no issues.